Before I dust off another old VHS tape and provide a running dialogue, thanks to the many well-wishers over my recent, um, colonoscopy. It was certainly an interesting experience. To all of those who absolutely dread the thought of it, there are only two truly abysmal things about it: drinking the JUG of turbo-laxative solution the night and morning beforehand, which will send you RUNNING to the bathroom at least 15-20 times about an hour after swigging it, and the dreaded hospital gown that must be put on right before you get wheeled in. As Dave Barry so perfectly put it, the designer of those gowns obviously was a combination sadist/pervert. Read more…

Just announced a little while ago, that the NHL will be staying on Versus through 2011.
So, scratch all those rumors that the NHL was headed back to the four-letter word of sports, ESPN.
Ratings have, shockingly, been up for NHL games on Versus this year, and the league even will receive more money from the fledgling network as part of the deal. Versus will also start to get better distribution onto U.S. cable systems soon, so I guess it’s a good day for hockey TV fans and the league overall. Read more…

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.